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we hear you america!" so is it pretty clear that the congress, republicans in both the house and the senate are signing on to an earmark moratorium? >> i heard the president say he's in favor of that, while we reform the system and i hope our friends on the democratic side will join us in changing the way we do business in washington. that's the reason i thought the message was so important. we need to listen to what the american people told us in this election, they don't want business as usual. they want us to change on spending and debt and that's part of the solution i think. >> don't you give the president of the united states in this case barack obama the power to decide what texas gets in terms of federal money? >> i think what we do, if we eliminate earmarks, we control the purse strings in congress. we cut that and put that money that would otherwise go to earmarks toward deficit reduction. >> where are the democrats? >> my view i'm a new guy in the senate, and the two years i've been here, if the
we hear you america!" so is it pretty clear that the congress, republicans in both the house and the senate are signing on to an earmark moratorium? >> i heard the president say he's in favor of that, while we reform the system and i hope our friends on the democratic side will join us in changing the way we do business in washington. that's the reason i thought the message was so important. we need to listen to what the american people told us in this election, they don't want...
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. >> a self-proclaimed religious paradise in guyana in south america. carved out of the jungle by jim jones, a man who called himself god. >> how very much i've loved you. how very much i've tried my best to give you the good life. >> who convinced his followers to kill their children and then kill themselves. >> let us be done with it. let's be done with the agony of it. >> drinking a kool-aid-type fruit punch laced with deadly cyanide. >> something to put you to rest. oh, god. >> 30 years later in a place where words could kill and did, there is silence. an empty field, the people gone. almost no trace of their lives or dreams. this is the site of jonestown's open-air meeting hall where i'm standing right now, where the reverend jim jones led his followers into the worst mass murder and suicide pact in america's history. only small golden flowers grow where bodies once lay. on that fateful morning there are more than 940 people living in jonestown. by nightfall only 33 would still be alive. for most of the few who did survive, it took incredible coura
. >> a self-proclaimed religious paradise in guyana in south america. carved out of the jungle by jim jones, a man who called himself god. >> how very much i've loved you. how very much i've tried my best to give you the good life. >> who convinced his followers to kill their children and then kill themselves. >> let us be done with it. let's be done with the agony of it. >> drinking a kool-aid-type fruit punch laced with deadly cyanide. >> something to put...
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we provide financing for every bobcat dealer in north america. together, we've rolled out over 100,000 machines to small businesses all over the country so they too can grow. ♪ ge capital. we're there for bobcat every step of the way. ♪ >>> the truman library at one point, and they have showcased there as one of their exhibits a letter that was written to harry truman during the korean war. they found it in harry truman's desk after he died, and it was a medal and this letter. mr. truman, as you have been directly responsible for the loss of our son's life in korea, you might just as well keep this emblem on display in your trophy room as a memory of one of your historic deeds. our major regret at this time is that your daughter was not there to receive the same treatment as our son received in korea. signed william banning. what struck me was that this was in his drawer. that it affected him in a way and i know we have heard a lot of touching stories of people who lost their children, came to the white house who were so supportive of you. bu
we provide financing for every bobcat dealer in north america. together, we've rolled out over 100,000 machines to small businesses all over the country so they too can grow. ♪ ge capital. we're there for bobcat every step of the way. ♪ >>> the truman library at one point, and they have showcased there as one of their exhibits a letter that was written to harry truman during the korean war. they found it in harry truman's desk after he died, and it was a medal and this letter. mr....
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it won't end if america retreats within our borders and doesn't help people realize the blessings of freedom. >> but that's a tough sell as you know. >> of course it is. >> we still have young men and women in iraq. >> yeah. >> men and women in afghanistan. 50,000 in one. people are restless about afghanistan and yet i was struck by an interview in one of the morning papers about the head of british forces who said, we are never going to defeat al qaeda. we can make ourselves more secure but we are talking about a 30-year battle here. what do you say to the american people who say, afghanistan, time to get out, too imto pull out, to say you got to stay? >> well, there's -- first of all, afghanistan was the site where extremists were able to find a safe haven to attack. >> but they're mostly gone at this point. in afghanistan, sorry. >> i wouldn't make that assumption. in afghanistan, yeah. but not to say they couldn't come back if it's a regime welcoming them to give them safe haven again. i would say that put yourself in the position of a young girl in afghanistan and realize that h
it won't end if america retreats within our borders and doesn't help people realize the blessings of freedom. >> but that's a tough sell as you know. >> of course it is. >> we still have young men and women in iraq. >> yeah. >> men and women in afghanistan. 50,000 in one. people are restless about afghanistan and yet i was struck by an interview in one of the morning papers about the head of british forces who said, we are never going to defeat al qaeda. we can...
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committed to doing what i can to enhance the security and traditions and values of the united states of america. i'm very proud and grateful to be doing it. >> so you're done with elective office? >> i am. i am very happy doing what i'm doing and i am not in any way interested in or pursuining anything in elective office. >> on the republican side, cross out the name rick perry. seems his texas-sized job is plenty big enough for him. >> i think being the president -- or excuse me, being the governor of a state like texas, or for that matter, arizona or new mexico, is a more pivotal job in the future. i don't want the president of the united states, i want to work with these governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be. >> and that's today's "sound of sunday." >>> up next, one democrat's fight against grey poupon conservatives. popping stock cat. pull up the price chart. see what the analysts say. as i jump back, streaming video news confirms what i thought. pull the trigger -- done. i can even do most of this on my smartphone. really, it's incre
committed to doing what i can to enhance the security and traditions and values of the united states of america. i'm very proud and grateful to be doing it. >> so you're done with elective office? >> i am. i am very happy doing what i'm doing and i am not in any way interested in or pursuining anything in elective office. >> on the republican side, cross out the name rick perry. seems his texas-sized job is plenty big enough for him. >> i think being the president -- or...
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a chevrolet, we'll invest in renewable-energy, energy-efficiency, and tree-planting programs across america -- reducing carbon emissions by up to eight million metric tons over the next few years. and just one more way we can proudly say: "chevy runs deep." ♪ no calorie sweetener granulated with fiber. sweet! [ female announcer ] tastes like sugar and has 3 grams of fiber per tablespoon. use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ] splenda® granulated with fiber. >>> the president is playing against the odds in a head-on confrontation with republicans over a missile deal with russia known as s.t.a.r.t. he wants senate ratification before congress leaves for the year. the republican point man on the issue arizona's jon kyl pretty much blew up that timetable this week writing in a statement "when majority leader harry reid asked me if i thought the treaty could be considered in the lame duck session i replied i did not think so, given the combination of other work congress must do and the complex and unresolved issues related to s.t.a.r.t. a
a chevrolet, we'll invest in renewable-energy, energy-efficiency, and tree-planting programs across america -- reducing carbon emissions by up to eight million metric tons over the next few years. and just one more way we can proudly say: "chevy runs deep." ♪ no calorie sweetener granulated with fiber. sweet! [ female announcer ] tastes like sugar and has 3 grams of fiber per tablespoon. use it almost anywhere you use sugar. even in cooking and baking. sweet! [ female announcer ]...